diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
index a561e9efa03..b593313db09 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ class TestFTPClass(TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.client.close()
         self.server.stop()
+        # Explicitly clear the attribute to prevent dangling thread
+        self.server = None
+        asyncore.close_all(ignore_all=True)
 
     def check_data(self, received, expected):
         self.assertEqual(len(received), len(expected))
@@ -799,6 +802,9 @@ class TestIPv6Environment(TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.client.close()
         self.server.stop()
+        # Explicitly clear the attribute to prevent dangling thread
+        self.server = None
+        asyncore.close_all(ignore_all=True)
 
     def test_af(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.client.af, socket.AF_INET6)
@@ -857,6 +863,9 @@ class TestTLS_FTPClass(TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.client.close()
         self.server.stop()
+        # Explicitly clear the attribute to prevent dangling thread
+        self.server = None
+        asyncore.close_all(ignore_all=True)
 
     def test_control_connection(self):
         self.assertNotIsInstance(self.client.sock, ssl.SSLSocket)
@@ -979,6 +988,8 @@ class TestTimeouts(TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         ftplib.FTP.port = self.old_port
         self.server_thread.join()
+        # Explicitly clear the attribute to prevent dangling thread
+        self.server_thread = None
 
     def server(self):
         # This method sets the evt 3 times:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_poplib.py b/Lib/test/test_poplib.py
index 6bc97397808..1269199423c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_poplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_poplib.py
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ class TestPOP3Class(TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.client.close()
         self.server.stop()
+        # Explicitly clear the attribute to prevent dangling thread
+        self.server = None
 
     def test_getwelcome(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.client.getwelcome(),
@@ -436,6 +438,8 @@ class TestPOP3_TLSClass(TestPOP3Class):
                 # this exception
                 self.client.close()
         self.server.stop()
+        # Explicitly clear the attribute to prevent dangling thread
+        self.server = None
 
     def test_stls(self):
         self.assertRaises(poplib.error_proto, self.client.stls)
@@ -461,7 +465,8 @@ class TestTimeouts(TestCase):
 
     def tearDown(self):
         self.thread.join()
-        del self.thread  # Clear out any dangling Thread objects.
+        # Explicitly clear the attribute to prevent dangling thread
+        self.thread = None
 
     def server(self, evt, serv):
         serv.listen()